Comes With Personal Observatory?

by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)

I heard about having your own telescope, even elaborate scopes with motors that follow the sky.  

However, I have never heard about "personal observatories".  I guess building them is common enough that someone felt it important to point out what mistakes to avoid during construction of your own domed home observatory. 

I found this observatory while cruising north on CA-49 from Mariposa to Sonora.  This property was very close to where I saw the cock-roach posing horse.

A Cockroach Imitating Horse

by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)


October 13, 2013:  I was driving north out of Mariposa, CA on CA-49; a drive I have done a couple of times. 


As I was zooming north, listening to Masters of Reality by Black Sabbath, I saw a couple of things I had never seen before. 

First, there was a beautiful white horse laying down in a field.  Have to admit as a city-slicker, I don't think I ever saw a horse laying down.  It actually worried me; was the horse sick or dead?

So, I got out and watched the horse lay there in the field.  I made some noises to try and get its attention so it would move and prove to me that it was not dead.

I caught its attention...

When the horse got up, it started rolling on its back in what, at least for dogs, we call the cockroach position.  That I certainly never saw before.

Content with the vibrant health of this horse, I got back into the car and continued north...What did I see next? (coming soon).